Patents by Inventor John C. Martin

John C. Martin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6114953
    Abstract: A reminder device for vehicle key rings or the like includes an integrated processor programmable to provide reminder information in a plurality of operating modes comprising mileage, date, parking location, parking meter expiration, event status and lost key recovery assist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Inventor: John C. Martin
  • Patent number: 5958973
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.2 is H, or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms and 0 to 2 hydroxyls;R.sub.3 is H, or hydroxyl;R.sub.4 is H, or forms a hydrolyzable ester or amide with --CO.sub.2 --;R.sub.5 are H, or are taken together to form .dbd.NH; andR.sub.6 comprises an amine, or a group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and 1 to 3 amine groups. The invention is also directed to methods of inhibiting the activity of neuraminidase using the compounds of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Norbert W. Bischofberger, Choung U. Kim, Willard Lew, Hongtao Liu, John C. Martin, Sundaramoorthi Swaminathan, Matthew A. Williams
  • Patent number: 5879625
    Abstract: Optical selection and collection of DNA fragments. The present invention includes the optical selection and collection of large (>.mu.g) quantities of clonable, chromosome-specific DNA from a sample of chromosomes. Chromosome selection is based on selective, irreversible photoinactivation of unwanted chromosomal DNA. Although more general procedures may be envisioned, the invention is demonstrated by processing chromosomes in a conventional flow cytometry apparatus, but where no droplets are generated. All chromosomes in the sample are first stained with at least one fluorescent analytic dye and bonded to a photochemically active species which can render chromosomal DNA unclonable if activated. After passing through analyzing light beam(s), unwanted chromosomes are irradiated using light which is absorbed by the photochemically active species, thereby causing photoinactivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Mary C. Roslaniec, John C. Martin, James H. Jett, L. Scott Cram
  • Patent number: 5854228
    Abstract: A series of compounds of Formula I which have anti-tumor activity, and are useful in treating viral infections, their compositions and use. ##STR1## In Formula I B is a purine or pyrimidine base; alk.sub.1 alk.sub.2 and alk.sub.3 are chemical bonds or alkylene groups; Q is hydrogen or hydroxyl; and R.sub.1 -R.sub.4 are hydrogen or alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignees: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rega Stichting v.z.w.
    Inventors: Robert W. Webb, II, Joanne J. Bronson, John C. Martin
  • Patent number: 5837871
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of the following formulae:A phosphonomethoxymethyoxymethyl purine/pyrimidine derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein X and X' are the same or different and are hydrogen or alkyl. R and R' are the same or different and are hydrogen, alkyl, hydroyalkyl or alkanoyl andB is a purine or pyrimidine base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignees: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rega Stichting, v.z.w.
    Inventors: Choung Un Kim, John C. Martin, Bing Uh Luh, Peter F. Misco
  • Patent number: 5792756
    Abstract: There are disclosed novel oral prodrugs of phosphonate nucleotide analogs which are hydrolyzable under physiological conditions to yield compounds which are useful as antiviral agents, especially as agents effective against RNA and DNA viruses. They may also find use as antitumor agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignees: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rega Stichting v.z.w.
    Inventors: John E. Starrett, Jr., Muzammil M. Mansuri, John C. Martin, David R. Tortolani, Joanne J. Bronson
  • Patent number: 5744600
    Abstract: A compound of the Formula I or Formula II ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently hydrogen, hydroxy, chlorine, fluorine, bromine, or an organic substituent having 1 to 5 carbon atoms and selected from acyloxy having a hydrocarbon stem of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy, alkylthio, amino, alkylamino and dialkylamino;R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are independently hydrogen, or organic phosphonic ester substituents having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and selected from alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, and aralkyl; andB is a heterocyclic group selected from the group consisting of pyrimidine, purine, triazine, deazapurine, and triazole, attached through a ring nitrogen atom thereof optionally substituted with 1 to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, mercapto, amino, hydrazino, fluoro, chloro, bromo, iodo, C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 alkyl, C2-C3 alkenyl, C2-C3 haloalkenyl, C1-C3 alkoxy, and C1-C3 alkylthio;and the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition, metal, and amine salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignees: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rega Stichting v.z.w.
    Inventors: Muzammil M. Mansuri, John C. Martin, Thomas W. Hudyma, Joanne J. Bronson, Louis M. Ferrara
  • Patent number: 5738161
    Abstract: A roll up door which may be used in the back of a van body has a plurality of panels arranged edge-to-edge with a thin flexible sheet glued to the outside face of the panels and a flexible belt attached to each pair of adjacent panels at the rear face of these panels. A roller extends from each end of each panel and is received by a generally inverted L-shaped guide track. With this arrangement, the panels may cant while moving from the vertical to the horizontal leg of the guide channels by virtue of the belts which hinge and collapse allowing the outer sheet to bend as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Diesel Equipment Limited
    Inventor: John C. Martin
  • Patent number: 5726174
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of the following formulae:A phosphonomethoxymethyoxymethyl purine/pyridimidine derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein X and X' are the same or different and are hydrogen or alkyl. R and R' are the same or different and are hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or alkanoyl andB is a purine or pyrimidine base.A compound of formula (II) or (VIII) ##STR2## wherein the broken line is an optional bond; X, R and X' are the same or different and are H or alkyl with 1 to 6 carbon atoms;wherein in the compound of formula (II), Y and Z are the same or different and are H; OH; alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which is substituted with halogen, hydroxy, amino or azido; or Y and Z are taken together to form an oxygen atom or a methylene group; or Y is taken together with X' to complete a cyclic phosphonate having the structure of formula (III) ##STR3## wherein R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignees: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rega Stichting v.z.w.
    Inventors: Choung Un Kim, John C. Martin, Bing Uh Luh, Peter F. Misco
  • Patent number: 5707808
    Abstract: Optical selection and collection of DNA fragments. The present invention includes the optical selection and collection of large (>.mu.g) quantities of clonable, chromosome-specific DNA from a sample of chromosomes. Chromosome selection is based on selective, irreversible photoinactivation of unwanted chromosomal DNA. Although more general procedures may be envisioned, the invention is demonstrated by processing chromosomes in a conventional flow cytometry apparatus, but where no droplets are generated. All chromosomes in the sample are first stained with at least one fluorescent analytic dye and bonded to a photochemically active species which can render chromosomal DNA unclonable if activated. After passing through analyzing light beam(s), unwanted chromosomes are irradiated using light which is absorbed by the photochemically active species, thereby causing photoinactivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Mary C. Roslaniec, John C. Martin, James H. Jett, L. Scott Cram
  • Patent number: 5696263
    Abstract: Compounds are provided that generally have the structure BCH.sub.2 CH(R)OCH.sub.2 P(O)(OH).sub.2, wherein B is a purinyl or pyrimidinyl base and R is C.sub.1-2 alkyl substituted with azido or amino, straight or branched alkenyl of 2-6 carbon atoms or alkynyl of 2-6 carbon atoms, together with the monester and diesters of such compounds with a C.sub.1-5 alkanol, and the corresponding salts, hydrates, solvates, the (R) or (S) isomers and the racemic (RS) mixtures thereof. The compounds have desirable antiviral activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignees: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rega Stichting v.z.w.
    Inventors: Kuo-Long Yu, Joanne J. Bronson, John C. Martin
  • Patent number: 5696265
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of the following formulae:A phosphonomethoxymethyoxymethyl purine/pyrimidine derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein X and X' are the same or different and are hydrogen or alkyl. R and R' are the same or different and are hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or alkanoyl andB is a purine or pyrimidine base.A 4'-phosphonomethoxytetrahydrofuranyl-1'-purine-pyrimidine of the formula ##STR2## wherein X and X' are the same or different and are hydrogen or alkyl, Y and Z are the same or different and are hydrogen, hydroxyl or alkyl or Y+Z is an alkenyl, an epoxide or cyclopropyl, andB is a purine or pyrimidine base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignees: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rega Stichting v.z.w.
    Inventors: Choung Un Kim, John C. Martin, Bing Uh Luh, Peter F. Misco
  • Patent number: 5693798
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of the following formulae:A phosphonomethoxymethyoxymethyl purine/pyrimidine derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein X and X' are the same or different and are hydrogen or alkyl. R and R' are the same or different and are hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or alkanoyl andB is a purine or pyrimidine base.A 4'-phosphonomethoxytetrahydrofuranyl-1'-purine-pyrimidine of the formula ##STR2## wherein X and X' are the same or different and are hydrogen or alkyl, Y and Z are the same or different and are hydrogen, hydroxyl or alkyl or Y+Z is an alkenyl, an epoxide or cyclopropyl, andB is a purine or pyrimidine base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignees: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rega Stichting v.z.w
    Inventors: Choung Un Kim, John C. Martin, Bing Uh Luh, Peter F. Misco
  • Patent number: 5688778
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of the following formulae:A phosphonomethoxymethyoxymethyl purine/pyrimidine derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein X and X' are the same or different and are hydrogen or alkyl. R and R' are the same or different and are hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or alkanoyl;B is a purine or pyrimidine base.optionally R is taken together with X' to complete a cyclic phosphonate having the formula ##STR2## A 4'-phosphonomethoxytetrahydrofuranyl-1'-purine-pyrimidine of the formula ##STR3## wherein X and X' are the same or different and are hydrogen or alkyl, the dashed line is an optional bond,Y and Z are the same or different and are hydrogen, hydroxyl or alkyl or Y+Z are taken together to form an epoxide or cyclopropyl, andB is a purine or pyrimidine base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignees: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rega Stichting v.z.w.
    Inventors: Choung Un Kim, John C. Martin, Bing Uh Luh, Peter F. Misco
  • Patent number: 5686611
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of the following formulae: A phosphonomethoxymethyoxymethyl purine/pyrimidine derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein X and X' are the same or different and are hydrogen or alkyl. R and R' are the same or different and are hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or alkanoyl andB is a purine or pyrimidine base.A compound of formula (VI) ##STR2## wherein X is halogen, Y is S-phenyl, Se-phenyl or halogen and B is hypoxanthine, xanthine, guanine, 8-bromoguanine, 8-chloroguanine, 8-methylguanine, 8-thioguanine, 3-deazaguanine, purine, 2-aminopurine, 2,6-diaminopurine, adenine, 3-deazaadenine, 8-aminoguanine, 8-hydrazinoguanine, 8-hydroxyguanine, cytosine, 5-ethylcytosine, 5-methylcytosine, thymine, uracil, 5-chlorouracil, 5-bromouracil, 5-ethyluracil, 5-iodouracil, 5-propyluracil or 5-vinyluracil, 2-acetamido-6-diphenylcarbamoylpurine, 6-N-dimethylamino-methyladenine or 6-N-pivaloyladenine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignees: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rega Stichting v.z.w.
    Inventors: Choung Un Kim, John C. Martin, Bing Uh Luh, Peter F. Misco
  • Patent number: 5681095
    Abstract: A dump body for a vehicle has a floor slab with a front panel located proximate the front end of the floor slab. A pair of side panels extending upwardly from opposed sides of the floor slab are structurally connected thereto and to the front panel. A plurality of spaced trusses are welded to the under surface of the floor slab. A hinge at the rear of the dump body permits tipping of the dump body relative to the frame members of the vehicle by a hoist. The floor slab and trusses are made of steel and the side and front panels are made from aluminium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Diesel Equipment Limited
    Inventor: John C. Martin
  • Patent number: 5663159
    Abstract: There are disclosed novel oral prodrugs of phosphonate nucleotide analogs which are hydrolyzable under physiological conditions to yield compounds which are useful as antiviral agents, especially as agents effective against RNA and DNA viruses. They may also find use as antitumor agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignees: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rega Stichting v.z.w.
    Inventors: John E. Starrett, Jr., Muzammil M. Mansuri, John C. Martin, David R. Tortolani, Joanne J. Bronson
  • Patent number: D390698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Inventor: John C. Martin
  • Patent number: D394153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Inventor: John C. Martin
  • Patent number: D394746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Inventor: John C. Martin